AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2013): Earned a spot on the NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team ... named Horizon League Co-Player of the Year and to the All-League First Team ... played and started in all 20 matches ... scored three goals throughout the season and netted the game-winners against SIUE (09/28) and Cleveland State (10/05) ... collected six assists, including two against IPFW (09/22) ... made 24 shot attempts with 14 on goal ... named to the UIC Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team

AS A SENIOR at Notre Dame (2012): Saw action in all 22 games with nine starts ... helped the Fighting Irish capture the top overall seed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament ... attempted four shots

AS A JUNIOR at Notre Dame (2011): Played in 10 games, including eight starts ... tallied one goal ... made his first career start in a 4-1 win over Dayton at the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic ... scored his first career goal just 26 seconds into the match in a 2-1 triumph of Bucknell in the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament ... that was the quickest Notre Dame goal of the BIG EAST era (since 1995)

AS A SOPHOMORE at Notre Dame (2010): Played in two games ... saw time in a 5-1 win over Cal Poly that clinched the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament title for the Fighting Irish ... played in a 4-1 victory over Marquette

AS A FRESHMAN at Notre Dame (2009): Did not see game action, redshirting the season

PREP/PERSONAL: Member of the Chicago Magic Soccer Club ... named to TopDrawerSoccer.com's `2009 Top 100 Men' recruits ... selected to Region II pool team as U-13, U-14 and U-15 ... won ODP national championship with Team Illinois ... two-time all-state midfielder ... started on his varsity squad all four seasons at Lockport Township ... Super Y-League U-15 national champion with the Magic ... runner-up with the Magic at the United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) U-14 national championship ... three-time Region II champion ... son of Richard and Mary Fran Novak ... currently enrolled in a Master's Program/Instructional Leadership

HORIZON LEAGUE ACCOLADES- Co-Player of the Year (2013)- All-League First Team (2013)